Synopsis
Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.
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Cast
- Kevin BaconSheriff Kretzer
- James Freedson-JacksonTravis
- Hays WellfordHarrison
- Camryn ManheimBev
- Shea WhighamMan
- Sean HartleyMotorcycle Cop
- Kyra SedgwickDispatch
- Loi NguyenWaiter
- Sit LenhHostess
- Chuck KullOfficer
Recommendations
- 83
IndieWire
The movie doesn't offer much in the way of substantial character development, but that's not a deterrent when the fun twists keep coming. - 80
The Guardian
The movie culminates in a tense, protracted standoff that keeps the audience on edge for way longer than is comfortable. I mean that as a compliment. - 80
New York Daily News
Despite the real, bloody stakes, Cop Car keeps a boyish sense of action and adventure through to a twist ending. You have a right to remain thrilled. - 70
Variety
Watts demonstrates masterful control, pushing right up against the limits of what we can take (even non-parents will be rattled watching the boys mishandling loaded weapons), and yet, at every turn, the screenplay falls short of the picture’s full potential, missing opportunities that could have made this a classic. - 63
Slant Magazine
The narrative derives much of its tension from the unsentimental ambivalence Jon Watts displays toward the story's two pre-teen boys. - 60
Village Voice
The film soars early as a fantasy steeped in life and crashes into a drag of a crime drama, one ripped from the movies rather than anyone's idea of small-town Colorado. - 58
Hitfix
Watts co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher D. Ford (“Robot & Frank”) and, frankly, it’s not as clever or compelling as it wants to be.... The filmmaker does deserve credit, however, for conjuring up some nicely tense cinematic moments. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
A potentially fun premise soon turns into no fun at all in Cop Car, a seriously imagination-challenged low-end action thriller.
